John Sitgreaves (1757 – March 4, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a United States Attorney for the District of North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina, the United States District Court for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of North Carolina and the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina.
John Sitgreaves
Born 1757 in England
Died 1802 in Halifax, NC
FJC ID: 2201
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. attorney for the District of North Carolina1789–1790- North Carolina House of CommonsMember · 1784, 1786–1788
- Continental CongressDelegate · 1784–1785
- New Bern, North CarolinaCommissioner for sale of confiscated properties · 1780
- North Carolina State SenateClerk · 1777–1779
- Board of Auditors for Public and Private AccountsMember · 1779
- Private practice, New Bern, North Carolina
- Continental Army lieutenant
- North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. ConstitutionMember
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina1801–1802 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Death
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Carolina1797–1801 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Reassignment
- U.S. District Court for the Edenton, New Bern & Wilmington Districts of North Carolina1794–1797 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Reassignment
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Carolina1790–1794 · Appointed by George WashingtonTerm ended: Reassignment
Education
- Read law
- Eton College, England